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Thermal efficiency
About: Thermal efficiency is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 20911 publications have been published within this topic receiving 302373 citations. The topic is also known as: thermodynamic efficiency & efficiency.
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TL;DR: In this paper, double-pass solar air dryer (DPSAD) and infrared assisted double pass solar air drier were designed and tested and the effects of using infrared energy have been experimentally investigated to ensure continuity in climatic conditions where solar energy is insufficient.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a vertical hybrid PVT solar dryer has been developed and analyzed by utilizing numerical and experimental approaches, and the obtained experimental findings showed that thermal efficiency values of the finless and finned vertical PVT collectors were in the ranges of 47.46-54.86% and 50.25-58.16%, respectively.
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01 Jan 1990
TL;DR: In this paper, a thermal analysis of fuel elements single-phase fluid mechanics single phase heat transfer two-phase heat transfer has been presented for nuclear energy conversion systems -non-flow and steady-flow first and second law applications.
Abstract: Thermal hydraulic characteristics of power reactors thermal design principles reactor heat generation transport equations for single-phase flow transport equations for two-phase flow thermodynamics of nuclear energy conversion systems - non flow and steady-flow first and second law applications thermal analysis of fuel elements single-phase fluid mechanics single-phase heat transfer two-phase heat transfer.
81 citations
TL;DR: In this article, an SOFC-engine hybrid power generation system is evaluated using exergetic and exergoeconomic analysis methods to determine measures for improving its efficiency and cost effectiveness.
81 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of heat transfer on the net output work and the indicated thermal efficiency of an air standard Atkinson cycle are analyzed and compared with heat transfer considerations, and it is found that the maximum net work output and corresponding efficiency bound are significantly influenced by the magnitude of the heat transfer.
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